When you are claiming a node, you might not be able to immediately see it online in Netdata Cloud.
This could be due to an error in the claiming process or a temporary outage of some services.
We identified some scenarios that might cause this delay and possible actions you could take to overcome each situation.
The most common explanation for the delay usually falls into one of the following three categories:
Here, we will try to define some edge cases you might encounter when claiming a node.
The kickstart script will install/update your Agent and then try to claim the node to the Cloud (if tokens are provided). To complete the second part, the Agent must be running. In some platforms, the Netdata service cannot be enabled by default and you must do it manually, using the following steps:
Check if the Agent is running:
systemctl status netdata
The expected output should contain info like this:
Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-07-06 12:25:02 EEST; 1h 40min ago
Enable and start the Netdata Service.
systemctl enable netdata
systemctl start netdata
Retry the kickstart claiming process.
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In some cases a simple restart of the Agent can fix the issue.
Read more about Starting, Stopping and Restarting the Agent.
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Make sure that you are using the latest version of Netdata if you are using the Claiming script.
With the introduction of our new architecture, Agents running versions lower than v1.32.0
can face claiming problems, so we recommend you update the Netdata Agent to the latest stable version.
Most of the nodes change IPs dynamically. It is possible that your current IP has been restricted from accessing app.netdata.cloud
due to security concerns.
To verify this:
Check the Agent's aclk-state
.
sudo netdatacli aclk-state | grep "Banned By Cloud"
The output will contain a line indicating if the IP is banned from app.netdata.cloud
:
Banned By Cloud: yes
If your node's IP is banned, you can:
Try to reach a well known host:
ping 8.8.8.8
If you can reach external IPs, then check your domain resolution.
host app.netdata.cloud
The expected output should be something like this:
app.netdata.cloud is an alias for main-ingress-545609a41fcaf5d6.elb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.
main-ingress-545609a41fcaf5d6.elb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com has address 54.198.178.11
main-ingress-545609a41fcaf5d6.elb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com has address 44.207.131.212
main-ingress-545609a41fcaf5d6.elb.us-east-1.amazonaws.com has address 44.196.50.41
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There will be cases in which the firewall restricts network access. In those cases, you need to whitelist the app.netdata.cloud
domain to be able to see your nodes in Netdata Cloud.
If you can't whitelist domains in your firewall, you can whitelist the IPs that the above command will produce, but keep in mind that they can change without any notice.
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